The Nintendo internet sleuths are at it again! In late May, Nintendo released a brief video detailing some of the new features coming to Nintendo Switch Online's Nintendo 64 offerings--which included a CRT filter, rewind feature, and more. However, that video may have contained more news than it seems, and a group of intrepid Internet users think they've cracked the code--and revealed a few new games that may be on their way to the NSO N64 service.
Via IGN, a group of fans led by vtuber Imakuni have analyzed the blurry cover-art images shown at the 40-second mark in the video below. By enhancing those blurred images and comparing them to images of Nintendo 64 cover art, the group thinks they've unearthed five N64 games that aren't on the Nintendo Switch Online service yet--but could be coming soon.
The five games the group thinks they've discovered are as follows:
After being announced last October, we finally have our first look at Destiny: Rising, as well as a release date. The mobile-exclusive sci-fi RPG shooter set in Bungie's Destiny universe will be released for iOS and Android on August 28, surprising some players who theorized it would be Q1 2026 at the earliest.
The launch date was announced by Chinese development partner NetEase Games, the company behind Marvel Rivals and Diablo Immortal, along with the game's first trailer featuring new gameplay. We catch a glimpse of missions, strikes, PvP battles, and PvE features that players can expect.
Destiny: Rising will be set in an "alternate timeline before the events of the original game," meaning players who aren't familiar with the massive lore can jump in without needing to experience previous Destiny titles.
In September 2021, a massive leak at Nvidia revealed multiple then-unannounced projects, and as years have passed since the leak, all but one of the leaked titles associated with Square Enix has been officially confirmed. That one is a remake of Final Fantasy IX, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary today--and Square Enix has commemorated the milestone by fueling those remake rumors with a new anniversary video.
Via VGC, the minute-long video--set to the iconic song Melodies of Life from the FFIX soundtrack--runs through key moments from the ninth Final Fantasy adventure, with shots of main characters Zidane, Garnet, Vivi, and more peppered throughout. The video ends with new artwork of the team, with the words "Final Fantasy IX 25th Anniversary" included.
The video has intensified the rumors of a remake which began with the Nvidia leak, with many wondering if the project is still in development. Prominent leaker NateTheHate, in a comment on a ResetEra thread about the video, mentioned that, perhaps, the remake may no longer be coming.
On Target's site, Young Simba looks like a 30% discount due to the retailer listing the MSRP as $92, but Lego's actual retail price for Young Simba is $130, which means you're saving over 50% with this deal. Amazon and Walmart are offering the 20% discount that drops the price to $92, but needless to say, you should grab Target's deal before it sells out. It's unlikely to remain in stock for the full sale, which ends July 12 and is competing with Amazon Prime Day 2025 this week.
The world of Skyrim felt alive when players first ventured into it, and a mountain of discoverable texts helped add to its immersion. Normally, you'd have to travel all over the province to find every piece of parchment, but if you don't have that much time to do so, then you can sit back with The Skyrim Library Box Set for some quality reading. This compiles all of the collected texts into a trio beautifully illustrated hardcover books. The Skyrim Library is available at Amazon for a dragon-sized discount right now.
As part of Amazon's early Prime Day 2025 book sale, Elder Scrolls fans can get this $110 collection for only $44.79. Just make sure to click the $12 coupon below the price on Amazon's store page to get the full discount at checkout.
Released back in 2017, this is a collection of three hardcover books with every piece of text from the game. The lore and historical texts are enhanced by beautiful illustrations, so if you ever wanted to have the full story on the game's factions, landscapes, and creatures, then this is a must-have for a Skyrim fan.
The other nice thing about this collection is the presentation, as the slipcase cover is designed to mimic one of the dusty old books found in a forgotten corner of Skyrim. It has a foldout cover with a giant mural of Alduin, the ferocious dragon who serves as the main villain in the game.
Target Circle Week is live now and has brought huge discounts on a wide variety of Lego sets themed around Marvel, Disney, Star Wars, Fortnite, and more popular franchises. Technically, the sale is advertised as up to 30% off, but some of the kits in the catalog have closer to 50% price reductions due to preexisting deals that were already quite good before the promotion kicked off. For example, the 1,445-piece Young Simba Lion King display model is normally $130, but you can get it for just $64.39.
The Circle Week sale runs through July 12, but Target regularly sells out of its best Lego deals before the promotion expires. In short: If you see something on the list below that you want, it's smart to grab it while you can. You need to be a member of the free Target Circle rewards program to get the discounts.
Stanley Kubrick fans can save big on Criterion's 4K UHD remaster of Barry Lyndon, one of the iconic director's best films, ahead of Prime Day 2025. The 4K restoration of the historical drama doesn't release until this Tuesday, July 8, but a limited-time deal at Amazon drops the price from $50 to $25. Barry Lyndon is one of many Criterion Collection 4K Blu-rays featured in the ongoing 50% off movie sale. While the annual sale often includes new and recently released films, preorders aren't always eligible for the discount.
Unsurprisingly, Barry Lyndon has vaulted up Amazon's bestseller charts. At the time of writing, the retailer estimates orders placed now won't arrive until July 22. With a two-week wait time and the current order volume, it wouldn't be surprising if Amazon stopped taking preorders soon. If you're interested in adding Barry Lyndon to your collection at this price, it'd be wise to secure a copy prior to launch.
If there's one constant in life, it's that Knight Rider will always be cool. The popular TV series from the '80s had it all, as it featured David Hasselhoff in the lead role alongside KITT, the car everyone wanted in their garage. And who could forget that killer intro? That was a recipe for success, and if you'd like to return to the era of tight jeans and turbo-boost buttons, we have good news for you: Every episode of Knight Rider will soon be available on 4K Blu-ray. Knight Rider: The Complete Series is available to preorder for $130 at Amazon ahead of its July 22 release.
Knight Rider: The Complete Series includes 4K remasters of all 90 episodes from the show's four-season run (1982-86). It also com es with Knight Rider 2000, the 1991 made-for-TV movie that was originally conceived as a pilot episode for a new Knight Rider show that never came to fruition.
The other big draw here will be the brand-new hour-long documentary Knight Rider: Behind the Wheel, as it contains interviews with cast and crew from the series. It's a detailed look at the show, as it reveals stories about the iconic stunts that were performed. the cutting-edge tech used to make KITT come alive, and the cultural impact of Knight Rider.
Additionally, there are several more behind-the-scenes interviews, commentary tracks with Hasselhoff, and more included here.If you're unfamiliar with the series, Knight Rider followed Michael Knight, a field agent for the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG). Assisted by KITT, a Pontiac Trans Am equipped with a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and enough gadgets to make Batman jealous, Knight would tour the country and any crime that they encountered.
Knight Rider is already available on standard Blu-ray and DVD, but it's very cool to see a show from the 1980s get a 4K UHD release, as it's not all that common (yet).
Amazon's Early Prime Day Book Sale has a bunch of box sets for massively reduced prices. While many of the deals are for children's books, there are a few fantasy and sci-fi collection deals for adult readers. On the fantasy side, the most notable deal is The Witcher Saga 5-Book Box Set for only $35 (was $90). This is the best price we've seen in a long time for the slipcased paperback set containing all five mainline novels in Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher series. The deal was originally only available to Prime members, but everyone can take advantage of this offer now.
If you're a big fan of CD Projekt Red's games or the TV adaptations on Netflix, this deal is the perfect opportunity to check out the beloved source material. This is great timing for another reason, though. On September 30, the ninth book in the series, Crossroads of Ravens, will be available in English. Fans can preorder the standalone prequel novel at Amazon for $25 (was $30).
Ever since Persona transformed the RPG into a wonderfully voyeuristic Japanese tourism simulator, I’ve had an appetite for games that let me experience living on the other side of the planet. Whether it’s roaming the streets of Osaka in Yakuza or trudging across the dung-filled fields of Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s medieval Bohemia, there’s something satisfying about picking up a controller and being given a window into someone else’s life.
Yet since Persona offers a disappointingly linear Tokyo to traverse, I’ve been left pining to get lost in a truly sprawling virtual metropolis. Thankfully, it turns out my oddly specific prayers have been answered. Welcome to the slick and exciting new anime open-world RPG from Hotta Studio, NTE.
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Developed by the creators of the 2021 hit, Tower of Fantasy, NTE is a fully open-world anime brawler made using Unreal Engine 5. Putting players into the near-future city of Hethereau, anime-styled characters are free to roam the futuristic metropolis as they see fit. Feeling like a blend of Shanghai, Seoul, and Tokyo, Hethereau is fully explorable in its gargantuan glory – and it finally satisfies that free-form slice of life itch.
Though best known as a critically acclaimed Prime Video series, The Expanse started its life as a critically acclaimed series of novels by James S.A. Corey--the pseudonym for writing partners Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck--back in 2011. Amazon is selling The Expanse 3-Book Box Set for only $20, giving fans of the space opera and newcomers alike the opportunity to add the first three books to their shelves for cheap. After finishing the nine-book series in 2021, Corey started work on a trilogy called The Captive's War. The first book in the series, The Mercy of Gods, is on sale for only $15 (was $30), which is its lowest price yet in hardcover.
James S.A. Corey did a phenomenal job building The Expanse's believable world from the beginning with Leviathan Wakes. That trend continued with The Mercy of Gods, which was a huge critical and commercial success when it hit shelves last August. Amazon featured it on its Best Books of the Year 2024 list, and it has racked up over 9,000 customer reviews with a 4.5/5 star average.
The Mercy of Gods sets up The Captive's War Trilogy as a darker, more sinister space opera than The Expanse. It takes place in galaxy where aliens known as the Carryx have destroyed civilizations and enslaved species. But when the Carryx meet a seemingly unbeatable enemy, they turn to humans to assist in their quest. After descending upon the world of Anjiin, the Carryx abduct scientists and bring them back to their home to compete in a war with other prisoners, where the cost of losing is extinction.
The 432-page novel centers on Dafyd Alkhor, a scientist's assistant who is compelled to fight in the war. As you may expect, everything is not as it seems.
Book 2 in The Captive's War Trilogy is scheduled to release April 14, 2026. You can preorder The Faith of Beasts in hardcover for $32 at Amazon. In the meantime, you can read Livesuit, a 90-page novella in The Captive's War universe that released last October as a $5 ebook and audiobook.
If you haven't read the series that put the duo on the map, now's a great time to change that.
The 50% discount on the newest James S.A. Corey novel is pretty awesome, but you can save even more on The Expanse. The paperback box set collecting the first three novels in the series is 63% off for Prime members. Normally $55, you can get this slipcased set for only $20.36.
You're getting a lot of reading material for 20 bucks. All nine books in the series eclipse 500 pages, and the first three clock in at 1,792 pages total:
If you've watched the Prime Video series and read the novels, check out The Expanse graphic novels. The first two on the list are tie-in stories released during the show's run, while the Dragon Tooth series takes place after the events of the series finale. Dragon Tooth originally released as a 12-issue comic series and has since been collected in three paperback volumes.
Are you wondering about how to defeat or capture the Gigas in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach? This secret boss presents one of the toughest challenges in the game. It's not because of how powerful it is. Rather, it's because of the convoluted process that you need to undertake just to unlock the encounter itself. Fortunately, our guide has all the details for you.
How to defeat or capture the BT Gigas in Death Stranding 2 - Terminal Fort Knot Voidout and Ghost Hunter order guide
To even have the opportunity to battle the BT Gigas, you must first increase your connection with the Ghost Hunter near the maximum level--i.e. as close as you can get to rank 5. You can learn about all the missions/orders in our Ghost Hunter guide.
However, you should also be aware that the Ghost Hunter has a rather different mechanic, at least when compared to other NPCs. That's because his deliverable lost cargo doesn't respawn, and you'd have no choice but to tackle assignments from other characters. These, too, seem to only appear after enough time has elapsed.
Ghost Hunter connection rank and missions
Before we talk about the Death Stranding 2 Gigas secret boss, let's look at the four NPCs/facilities with delivery orders that are handed over to the Ghost Hunter:
Heartman's Lab
The Pioneer
The Mechanic
Eastern Environmental Observatory
As mentioned earlier, you might need to wait in real-time for these missions to appear in their respective terminals. Just keep checking every now and then while tackling objectives from other characters.
Now, whenever you increase your rank with the Ghost Hunter, you should receive new sub-orders:
Sub-order 109 comes from the Chronobiologist, and it's actually what leads you to meet the Ghost Hunter in the first place.
Sub-order 110 is a battle against the Headless Riders. This is what allows you to connect the Ghost Hunter to the Chiral Network.
The next few sub-orders also come from the Ghost Hunter. These include capturing an animal and recovering items in an area where a giant BT resides.
Then, by repeatedly doing the delivery orders from the four aforementioned facilities, you should be close enough to connection rank 5 with the Ghost Hunter.
Simply rest inside a private room and check the Ghost Hunter's SSS message.
Return to his camp and pick up Sub-order 114: Save F8/Terminal Fort Knot from a Voidout.
Note: If the mission or SSS post still won't appear, then you may need to reconnect all facilities in Australia to the Chiral Network. Look at the map and see if you missed a region--i.e. BPAS, Mr. Impossible, Tar Therapist, or others.
Sub-order 114: Save Terminal Fort Knot from a Voidout - Location and preparations
The mission to defeat the BT Gigas in Death Stranding 2 takes you back to Terminal Fort Knot. You can use any mode of transport, including Transponders for instant teleportation. Prior to the bout, we recommend crafting the following:
Coffin Board - Your very own hoverboard improves mobility in tar-filled areas.
High-end weapons like the LW Multirocket Launcher, LW Seven-Rocket Launcher, or LW Machine Gun.
Note: Be sure to keep a backup save as you approach the marked location just outside Terminal Fort Knot.
Sub-order 114: Save Terminal Fort Knot from a Voidout - BT Gigas abilities and best summons
The Gigas secret boss battle takes place in a large area that's covered in tar. Buildings and structures do appear periodically, though they might also sink down to the bottom. Try to position yourself on a rooftop or ledge, or zoom around on your Coffin Board.
The Gigas mostly attempts to hinder Sam's movement by grabbing him with its tendrils. This titanic creature can also spawn bulbous floating BTs that explode on contact.
Now, as far as BT summons go, we recommend powerful behemoths like the Cetus or, if you've made it pretty far in the campaign, the Megalocarcinus. These beats should be able to distract the Gigas long enough for you to bring it down with your weaponry.
Is it possible to capture the Gigas?
Yes, you can definitely capture the Gigas in Death Stranding 2. Just make sure that you bring down its health low enough--i.e. red level--and that your summoned BT doesn't accidentally kill it.
Once the boss' health bar is red, wait for it to do its floating BT ability. Its head will then start to glow, so toss your EX Capture Grenade at it to turn it into a crystal.
The BT Gigas costs 1,200 chiral crystals to summon. Surprisingly enough, it stays on the battlefield for a shorter duration--i.e. one and a half minutes compared to three minutes for other summons.
Ghost Hunter rewards
After completing the encounter, simply fast travel back to the Ghost Hunter's camp to receive your rewards. These include the following:
Music: Low Roar
Custom Hologram: Ghost Hunter
Backpack Patch 47: BT Gigas
That does it for our guide on how to defeat or capture the Death Stranding 2 Gigas secret boss. If you want to take out other late-game foes, you can head over to our Lord of the Tar Lake guide.
Humanity yearns to be interconnected once more, and it's up to you to deliver the goods. If you need more help, then we've got you covered in our Death Stranding 2 guides hub.
We've rounded up the best Lego Star Wars deals ahead of Prime Day below. We'll continue to update this list as more deals go live at Amazon and other retailers, so we'd recommend bookmarking this page and circling back.
You can use this guide in a few different ways. If you simply want to scan lists of deals, the first slide below includes all of the best deals in bulleted list format. After the first slide, we've included detailed looks at roughly 15 of our favorite Star Wars Lego deals from the lists. But if you'd rather just look at each set on Amazon instead, the button above will take you to a custom Lego Star Wars Amazon hub we created with everything in one place.
Considering some of the best gaming, tech, and collectible deals routinely sell out during the early access portion of Walmart sales--or within minutes of the official start time--the membership can make it a lot easier to secure the deals you're eyeing. Outside of being able to shop Walmart Deals 2025 five hours early, a Walmart+ membership has proven useful for restock events on popular products. In recent weeks, this has included the Nintendo Switch 2 and Pokemon Trading Card Game releases.
But there are other, year-round benefits that make Walmart+ a great subscription service. Here are the highlights:
The free shipping on online orders is similar to Amazon Prime. Orders are typically delivered within two days, though one- and even same-day delivery are regular occurrences.
The free delivery from local stores perk is an even larger benefit, depending on your proximity to a brick-and-mortar store. Many subscribers can get their entire grocery orders delivered. But even if your Walmart doesn't have a full supermarket, it's still nice to be able to get free delivery on random products you'd normally have to drive to the store to buy. Local delivery is often fulfilled the same day you place your order, and you can schedule the time slot when making your purchase.
A bunch of Amazon devices are already discounted to official Prime Day 2025 prices, including the priciest electronic reader in the ubiquitous Kindle lineup. The newest Kindle Scribe has received a massive $140 price cut, dropping the hybrid ereader and journaling e-ink tablet to its best price since launching last December. But you can save even more--up to $220 total--by opting for the Kindle Scribe Essentials Bundle.
New Kindle users will almost certainly want to go with the bundle, but if you're upgrading to a new Kindle, you might want to skip the bundle due to a trade-in deal outlined below. The Kindle Scribe deals are exclusive to Prime members.
The Kindle Scribe Essentials Bundle comes with Amazon's Premium Pen ($80 value), the official Fabric Folio Cover ($60 value), and a 9W power adapter for Amazon devices ($20 value). You can choose between Black, Denim, and Rose colors for the cover, while the tablet itself is Tungsten. The cover protects the screen and includes a built-in stand with multiple viewing angles.
All three storage configurations are eligible for the Prime Day deal: 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB. Each tier is separated by only $15-$25, so if you plan on using your Kindle Scribe to store and listen to audiobooks via Audible, you may want to opt for 32GB or 64GB model.
The Kindle Scribe has a 10.2-inch front-lit display with anti-glare coating, so you can read in any lighting setting. With 300ppi (pixels per inch) and 94 nits of brightness, text is crisp and clear.
The Scribe doubles as a physical notebook. With the Premium Pen, you can create handwritten notes and email them to other devices. It feels remarkably similar to writing on actual paper. You can also take notes in books and documents you're reading. If you like writing in the margins of novels, the Scribe is the ereader for you.
At first glance, it doesn't make much sense to purchase the non-bundle version of the Kindle Scribe during Prime Day. The 16GB model is only $10 less than the bundle version; the 32GB model is $5 less; and the 64GB edition is actually the same price. So why would you willingly give up the $60 Fabric Folio and $20 AC adapter?
You probably shouldn't unless you have a device that's eligible to trade in toward the new Scribe. The non-bundle version is eligible for an additional 20% discount when you trade in a device. Your old Kindle is the obvious choice, but Amazon also accepts other devices, including Fire tablets, Fire TV Sticks, and even some Apple products.
With a trade-in, you'll get the value of that device and an additional 20% discount on your new purchase. That's a substantial savings. Trade-in values vary considerably, but the extra 20% is worth $52 to $62--and that's automatic. Here are the new prices, not including your trade-in.
16GB -- $208
32GB -- $224
64GB -- $248
It doesn't matter if you trade in a Fire Stick worth $3 or the original Kindle Scribe 16GB model for $85. But it is worth noting that if you own the original 2022 Scribe and want to upgrade, that $85 figure is what Amazon offered me, effectively lowering the price of the 2024 model to $123.
If you take advantage of the Kindle Scribe deal and have never tried Kindle Unlimited, you can get your first three months for free, which grants access to a library of over 4 million books, comics, graphic novels, manga, and more.
According to Nintendo's patch notes, the new updates resolve a bug that can occur when attempting to use certain Daily Bonus perks. Specifically, Nintendo says it has "fixed an issue in which the player was unable to use the Daily Bonus effects 'Health Recovery' or 'Hearty Meal' if they had increased their hearts to the maximum number."
The updates also resolve "several other issues related to Zelda Notes," although no specific details were provided beyond that. Both games have also gotten other minor fixes "to improve the gameplay experience." You can read the full patch notes for each update below.
A new Resident Evil game is in development, and it'll be putting a strategy twist on the franchise. In production at JoyCity Corporation, the mobile game is being developed in close collaboration with Capcom, and it's titled Resident Evil Survival Unit. Announced at Anime Expo, the full reveal for the iOS and Android game will be held on July 10 at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET.
JoyCity Corporation says that it's aiming to appeal to both longtime fans and new players to the franchise, and it has reimagined the survival-horror aspects of Resident Evil into a real-time strategy experience optimized for mobile devices.
Beyond this new venture into mobile gaming, the Resident Evil series will also return next year with a new entry in the mainline series on PC and console. Resident Evil Requiem was revealed last month, and the game features a new protagonist, Grace Ashcroft.
A bunch of great tech deals are popping up ahead of next week's Prime Day sales event at Amazon, including a massive price cut on the Samsung 990 Evo Plus 4TB SSD. With this high-capacity NVMe SSD now up for grabs for its lowest price ever of $235 (was $328), this is a great opportunity to upgrade your storage on PC or PlayStation 5.
Samsung's 990 Evo Plus is a high-performing NVMe SSD with sequential read speeds of up to 7,250MB/s and write speeds of 6,300MB/s. It can be installed in desktop computers and laptops. Depending on your PC setup and cooling systems, you may want/need to add a heatsink during the installation process.
To use the 990 Evo Plus on PS5, you'll need to attach it to a heatsink first. Thankfully, you can get a reliable heatsink for around $10. This SSD far surpasses PlayStation's 5,500MB/s minimum speed requirement for NVMe SSDs. And since the 990 Evo Plus is especially adept at transferring large files, it's an ideal choice for moving games between storage devices, whether you're buying this with your PC or PS5 in mind.
It only takes a few minutes to install an NVMe SSD in the PS5 console's open M.2 2280 slot. Once the SSD is installed, your console will format the drive on its next boot. After that, you can decide if you want the new SSD to be the default location for downloads as well as transfer games between the two drives. Moving large game files from the PS5's internal storage to M.2 SSDs generally only takes a few minutes.
Amazon also has deals on the 2TB and 1TB versions of the 990 Evo Plus. The 2TB model is on sale for $140 (was $177), and the 1TB is $80 (was $110). You are getting the most bang for your buck with the 4TB edition, though.
While the Samsung 990 Evo Plus 4TB SSD is one of the best early Prime Day storage deals, it’s not the only SSD seeing a discount. For example, the Crucial P310 1TB is just $60 (was $74.80), and it’s fully compatible with PS5 (though it too needs a separate heatsink). But with speeds up to 7,100 MB/s, it’ll get you solid performance and save you a few bucks compared to the 1TB 990 Evo Plus.
We’ve pulled together a few of our favorite PS5 SSD deals below, so be sure to give them a look before making a purchase. All of these exceed PlayStation's minimum requirements and also work on PC.
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